EquiTrust Life Insurance Co.

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of FBL Financial Group and its Subsidiaries; Maintains Negative Outlook.
Business Wire; 12/18/2009; 1069 words; ...N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial...rating (ICR) of "bbb-" of EquiTrust Life Insurance Company (EquiTrust). A.M. Best also affirmed...affiliate, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (FB Life). Concurrently...

Insurers slow production of fixed-index annuities; Aviva, Midland, North American, EquiTrust, Fort Dearborn make moves to dampen sales.
Investment News; 4/6/2009; 1480 words; ...t alone. Midland National Life Insurance Co. of Sioux Falls, S.D...Company for Life and Health Insurance of Chicago have also pulled...reductions have also taken place at EquiTrust Life Insurance Co. in West Des Moines, Iowa...

Rating actions.(Ratings)(Cover story)(Statistical table)
Best's Review; 4/1/2009; 3147 words; ...that occurred for life, health and property...Life 60401 B+ NR-1 Insurance Co of WI Wisconsin - Celtic Insurance Company 06999 B...Continental Life Ins Co of 09502 A- A u Brentwood...de PR Puerto Rico - EquiTrust Life Insurance 60315...

A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of FBL Financial Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries.
Business Wire; 2/27/2009; 1161 words; ...N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial...from "a-" of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (FB Life). A...a-" of its affiliate, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company (EquiTrust). Concurrently, A.M...

Hagens Berman Files Class Action Against EquiTrust Claiming Company Wrongly Profits From Targeting Elderly.
Investment Weekly News; 1/31/2009; 1374 words; ...against EquitTrust Life Insurance Company, claiming...to the lawsuit, EquiTrust designed a scheme...The suit claims EquiTrust's surrender charges...tactic protects the insurance company from risk...and served as co-counsel on the...